By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense boxer John Michael Zulueta retained his Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) light flyweight belt with a tenth-round technical knockout (TKO) win over Indonesian Silem Serang at the SpacePlus Night Club in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, April 27. The Negros Occidental’s Calatrava-native Zulueta displayed his firepower since the opening rounds as …
Monthly Archives: April 2023
WVRAA Meet: Team Negros delivers 5 golds in athletics
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Occidental delivered five gold medals to kick off their campaign in the 2023 Western Visayas Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet athletics at the Aklan Sports Complex in Aklan province’s Makato town yesterday. Bianca Juliana Seroy of Bacolod Tay Tung High School athletics team spearheaded the gold haul for Team Negros …
LA Tenorio clarifies: I am tumor-free
PBA veteran LA Tenorio clarified that he is now tumor-free after surgery but not yet cancer-free, contrary to a previous report. In a statement sent to ABS-CBN News, Tenorio corrected that he has yet to be cleared of colon cancer after undergoing surgery last March. According to the Ginebra Gin Kings guard, his official biopsy …
Shortened hours: Hot weather prompts Bacolod schools to cut class hours
Two public high schools in Bacolod City have shortened class hours to combat the effects of hot weather conditions during face-to-face classes. At the Negros Occidental High School (NOHS), Grade 11 learners will have classes from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, compared to the previous schedule until 2:40 p.m., while Grade 12 students will attend …
3 grass cutters also missing inside Bago rice warehouse
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) confirmed that several equipment was also missing inside the Rice Processing Center warehouse in Bago City. OPA head, Dr. Edmundo Causing said the warehouse failed to receive three grass cutters worth P20,000 each, aside from the nearly 800 sacks of fertilizer …
City council asks DepEd to assign school nurses
By Mae Singuay & Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod is requesting the Department of Education (Deped) to assign nurses to all primary and secondary schools in the city. According to Councilor Claudio Jesus Puentevella, chair of the committee on health, the request is to address and prevent health issues caused by …
Woman nabbed for ‘shoplifting’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A woman was arrested for allegedly shoplifting more than P15,000 worth of grocery items at a supermarket in Negros Occidental’s La Castellana town on Wednesday afternoon, April 26. Police arrested 54-year-old Gina Perez, a resident of Purok Tunay, Zone 1 in Bacolod City’s Barangay Bata. Based on information released by …
Bacolod aims for record-setting grilled chicken event
The Bacolod City government will attempt to set a record for the world’s longest chicken grilling event during the return of the Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival from May 26 to 28. Preparations for the staging of the festival last held in 2019 are underway to highlight Bacolod as the home of the Manokan Country, …
Calatrava man gunned down
By Mae Singuay A man was shot to death in Negros Occidental’s Calatrava town on Tuesday afternoon, April 25. Gilbert Claro, 37 years old, a resident of the town’s Barangay Paghumayan was allegedly gunned down by suspect Reymark Cabriana, of legal age and a resident of the said place. A police investigation disclosed that …
Bros accused for ‘stealing’ refrigerator
By Mae Singuay Two brothers were accused of allegedly stealing a refrigerator unit at Barangay Camugao in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City. The accused were brothers Denny Gasataya, 37 years old, and Lawrence Gabriel, 32 years old, of the said place. The 72-year-old Connie Reyes reported to police that her refrigerator, worth P30,000, was allegedly …